Author: Olesia Vitiuk

Guillermo Calderón, one of Chile’s most prolific theater and film makers, has been awarded the Golden Lion for Best Screenplay for EL CONDE, co-written with Pablo Larrain and directed by Pablo Larrain. The film premiered to critical success and will be streaming on Netflix starting September 15th. Guillermo Calderón and Pablo Larrain are frequent collaborators (EL CLUB, NERUDA, etc.) and Larrain’s production company fabula just produced Guillermo’s directing debut  MAQUILLAME OTRA VEZ  (available on NETFLIX).

 

EL CONDE
Chile, feature film, 110′
Production:Fabula (Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Rocío Jadue)

 

Image: Guillermo Calderón © Sandra Then

CRUISING MYTHOLOGY searches for queer-feminist concepts in Greek mythology and makes an attempt in transferring them into today’s life practices through performances, installations and lectures. What can we learn about plants and animals from the adventure dyke Artemis? What does the six-armed Scylla tell us about polyamorous relationships? What does the song of the sirens reveal about male fears? Varios topics and theses related to antiquity will be examined for their usefulness for the city of tomorrow.

Symposium at Schauspielhaus Hamburg
16 – 23 September 2023

Tickets are availbale from ow on under this link (external)

50 YEARS OF MILITARY COUP IN CHILE

50th anniversary of the death of Salvador Allende / 49th anniversary of the Chilean Exile Ensemble at the Volkstheater Rostock
11 September, at 8:00 p.m.
Patriotischer Weg 33
18057 Rostock

With this event, the Volkstheater Rostock commemorates the military coup in Chile and the death of Allende 50 years ago and honors the founding of the Chilean exile ensemble Teatro Lautaro at the house. Readings will include excerpts from Guillermo Calderón’s play COLINA (German translation by Franziska Muche).
More information and tickets under this link.

PLANET B from Yael Ronen & Itai Reicher has been nominated for this year’s Friedrich Luft Prize amongst other nine theater productions from the Berlin and Potsdam area (2022/23 season). PLANET B, directed by Yael Ronen, premiered at the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin on 6 June 2023 and has been acclaimed by critics accross Germany.
The Friedrich Luft Prize, named after the Berlin theater critic, has been awarded since 1992, and since 2021 jointly by Deutschlandfunk Kultur and the Berliner Morgenpost. It honors the best Berlin or Potsdam theater performance and is endowed with 7500 euros. The winning play will be announced on 25 August 2023.

7 MORTAL SINS
Texts from: Helena Adler, Uli Brée, Calle Fuhr, Felix Mitterer, Hubert Sauper, David Schalko, Johannes Schmidl and Lisa Wentz
Directed by: Gregor Bloéb
Shows on July 20 – August 12, 2023
Theater am Birkenberg, Telfs, AT

What is sin? What is virtue? There cannot be a right life amidst wrongs, can it?
The Tiroler Volksschauspiele have commissioned various playwrights to each rethink one sin. Lisa Wentz, who was recently awarded the 2023 Drama Prize by CAA Berlin, reimagines anger whereas Calle Fuhr explores the modern arrogance. In this way, seven short plays emerge between heaven and hell, dystopia and utopia, dance of death and lustful celebration of life at the same time.

Premiere is on July 20, at 8:00 p.m.
More information & tickets under this link (external content)

MAKING IT UP is a story of  Ana and Rita, two make-up artists who are completely broke. When the unpredictable Alex offers them a job, they just have to say yes – to the gig and to a big ol’ mess.
Guillermo Calderón’s flashy, electrifying directorial debut is now on Netflix.

Hessen Film & Media Fund 2023 has awarded Eliza Petkova’s new feature THE WORKER with a Grant for Production Development.

Every June, the SACD Board of Directors honors established and young talents who have made their mark throughout the year, and awards prizes corresponding to the disciplines and repertoires of the SACD in France and Europe.
The Board of Directors, chaired by Anne Rambach, has decided to award 33 author:s again this year. The Upcoming-Talent Prize went to Penda Diouf.

„The five [Emre Aksızoğlu, Anastasia Gubareva, Riah Knight, Lindy Larsson, Vidina Popov] can all really belt out an excellent song, which they do, one timely and versatile Shlomi Shaban hit after another moving the action forward, to much applause, and ultimately even a standing ovation after the earworm finale. It’s a hell of a lot of fun.“ – Sandra Sarala, Exberliner

SLIPPERY SLOPE. Almost a musical
by Yael Ronen & Shlomi Shaban
Directed by: Philipp Moschitz

Premiere on July 6, at 7:30 p.m.
Metropoltheater Munich

A musician who has been canceled is now celebrating his comeback. He wants to save his sweetheart from a greedy producer. A promising newcomer launches her solo career and accuses her ex-partner of a power abuse. An editor stands up for the rights of the oppressed. And a young journalist aims to enveil the Truth. The good guys are the good guys and the bad guys are the bad guys.
But can it really be that simple? Who benefits most from which narrative – and whose narrative ultimately prevails? In this story, everyone uses everyone else, and the search for love and truth is also the aspiration for fame and power.

In German language, w/ songs in English.
Dates & tickets under this link (external content)

DE, feature movie, 88 min., 2022
Script & direction: Erol Afşin

Amal, Omar, and their son Ahmad are a happy Arab family living in Germany. At the playground, they encounter a man named Franz. The situation gets out of hand when Franz insults and attacks Amal because of her headscarf. The case goes to court, but an incident during the hearing changes everything for the family.
Based on real events.

Further screenings & tickets under this link.